Hurdle Cleared on Guest Workers

By

Sara Murray

March 29, 2013 6:38 p.m. ET

Business and labor representatives have reached a tentative agreement on how to set wages for low-skilled guest workers, resolving one of the most contentious issues holding up completion of a bipartisan immigration plan in the Senate.

The Chamber of Commerce and AFL-CIO have been negotiating the details of a new visa program that would allow a future crop of immigrants to come to the U.S. to work in year-round, low-wage jobs such as...